Rapichan Phurisamban
(they/them or she/her) PhD Candidate, Vanier Scholar, Public Scholar, 2023 IBioS Student Fellow Contact Details rapichan.phurisamban@ires.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Returning to UBC where I received a bachelor’s degree in economics, I find the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES) to be an intellectual home for problem-based, interdisciplinary researchers with deep social and ecological concerns. […]
Narayan Gopinathan
MSc Student Contact Details narayansgopi@gmail.com phone: 8584494482 Research Interests Bio Originally from San Diego, California, Narayan graduated with his BS in environmental economics and policy from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2016. During his undergraduate studies, he completed research internships at the University of California, San Diego, blueEnergy (an NGO that does water and […]
Annegaaike Leopold
Adjunct Professor Contact Details aleopold@calidrisenvironment.com Bio Annegaaike Leopold Msc, has joined the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, working as Co-PI with Dr. Gunilla Oberg, on a research program aimed at building transparency into the regulatory process of risk assessment and management of organic chemicals, specifically in the face of scientific controversies. This builds seamlessly […]
Alberto Campos
PhD Candidate Contact Details alberto@aquasis.org Research Interests Bio Alberto is a PhD Candidate in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, supervised by Dr. Kai Chan, and Ocean Leaders graduate fellow. His research seeks to understand the cascades triggered by defaunation – including species extinctions, local extirpations and severe population reductions – and their ecological […]
Bassam Javed
PhD Student Contact Details bassam@alumni.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Bassam is a PhD student at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability. His research focuses on electric vehicle policy in India with Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Milind Kandlikar. His methods include quantitative modelling and interviews/surveys, and he uses data analytics tools. Bassam’s professional career included […]
Rudri Bhatt
PhD Student Contact Details rudrib@alumni.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Rudri is a Ph.D. student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. She completed her BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Technion- Israel Institute of Technology. During her bachelor’s degree, Rudri was an active member of Engineers without Borders (EwB) – Technion chapter for 3 […]
Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova
PhD Student, Public Scholar, Mitacs Graduate Scholar, Four Year Doctoral Fellowship Recipient Contact Details dacotah@mail.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova is a storyteller, water researcher, a surfer, fisherwoman, and photographer. A UBC Public Scholar and MITACS Graduate Scholar, Dacotah-Victoria is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Resources Management and Environment and Sustainability program at the […]
Allison Cutting
MSc with Terre Satterfield & Rashid Sumaila, 2022; Research Analyst, UBC IOF
Bronwyn McIlroy-Young
MSc Student Contact Details b.mcilroy-young@alumni.ubc.ca phone: 2268684751 Research Interests Bio Bronwyn began her Masters at IRES in September 2018. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo where her honours thesis focused on communicating about climate change impacts on local weather. Bronwyn’s research interests include science communication, risk perception and knowledge in the […]
Imranul Laskar
PhD Student, NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral Scholar, Mitacs Accelerate Fellow, UBC Four Year Fellowship Recipient Contact Details imranul.laskar@ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Imranul Laskar is a PhD student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on global shipping emissions, and investigating the air quality, health […]